Railroad-tie.



No. 784,826 PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905. F. c. WRIGHT.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION 2mm MAY 9, 1904. RENEWED JAN. 26.1905.

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PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

I. O. WRIGHT.

RAILROAD TIE.

LED MAY 9. 1904. RENEWED JAN. 26,1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FLAVIUS CASE WRIGHT, OF LOGAN, OHIO.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,826, dated March 1 1, 1905..

Application filed May 9,1904. Renewed January 26,1905. Serial No. 242,803.

To ail whont 1115 'nuty concern:

Be it known that I, FLAvIUs CASE WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Logan, in the county of Hocking, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railroad-ties, and has for its object to provide a tie cast of plastic material which will be simple of construction and cheap of manufacture and which will be arranged in such a way that fracture thereof by the weight of the rolling-stock passing over the track will be prevented.

A further object is to provide a tie of this kind to which the rails will be quickly and simply attached.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a perspective View of a portion of a track constructed With the present form of tie. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a tie. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4C is a iew showing the method of attaching the rails to the tie. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the rail-attaching plates. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a tie comprising two sections 6 and 7 which are cast or molded of suitable plastic material and which have recesses 8 and 9 in their sides communicating with their inner ends and with their upper faces, as shown.

Formed through the sections 6 and 7 and communicating at their ends with the recesses 8 and 9 are cylindrical passages 10, and disposed in the recesses at opposite sides of the sections are metallic plates 11 and 12, which are spaced somewhat from the lower edges of the recesses and which have perforations 11 and 12 alining with the passages 10, and engaged with the alining passages and perforations are bolts 13 and 14:, upon which the sections 6 and 7 are movable pivotally, the sections being spaced from each other at their inner ends, as shown, to permit of this pivotal movement and the above-mentioned spacing of the plates from the lower edges of the recesses being provided for the same purpose.

One rail of the track is attached to the upper face of each of the sections 6 and 7 in a manner which will be presently described, and it will be apparent from the above that when a train passes over the rails the weight of the rolling-stock on the outer ends of the sections moves these sections pivotally upon the bolts 13 and 14, thus preventing fracture of the tie by the strain placed upon its ends by the train. After the train has passed over the track the resiliency of the rails returns the tie to its original position.

To attach the rails to the sections 6 and 7, plates 15 are provided, which are rectangular in shape and which have perforations 16 in their ends. These plates have notches 17 and 18 in their opposite edges. the inner edges of which are spaced from each other longitudinally of the plates, and at the inner ends of the notches are tongues 19 and 20, which extend upwardly and inwardly, as shown.

As shown in Fig. 4:, in attaching a rail to the ties the plates 15 are disposed between the ties and the rails with the tongues 19 and 20 opposite to each other at either side of the rail, after which the plates are moved to cause them to lie parallel with the sides of the tie and with their perforations 16 in alinemcnt with vertical passages 21, formed through the sections 6 and 7, and with the alining perforations and passages are engaged bolts 22 to hold the plates in position. In this position the tongues 19 and 20 are engaged over the base-flanges of the rails and hold them upon the tie.

In practice modifications of the specilic construction shown may be made and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A railroad-tie comprising a plurality of sections having recesses in their side faces adjacent to their meeting ends and communicating with said ends, said sections beingspaced slightly from each other, connecting-plates disposed in the recesses and pivoted to the sections, and means connected with the tie for attaching rails thereto. I

2. In arailroad-tie,the combination with two alining sections spaced from each other at their inner ends, of plates disposed at opposite sides of the sections and pivoted thereto, and rail-attaching plates secured to the upper faces of the sections, said plates having notches in their opposite edges spaced from each other longitudinally of the plates, and tongues extending upwardly and inwardly from the inner ends of the notches, said tongues being arranged for engagement with the base-flange of a rail.

3. In arailroad-tie,the combination with two alining sections spaced from each other at their ends, of plates disposed at opposite sides of the sections and pivoted thereto, rail-attaching plates secured to the upper faces of the sections, and tongues extending upwardly from the plates adjacent to the opposite edges thereof, and spaced from each other longitudinally of the plates, said tongues being arranged for engagement with the base-flange of a rail.

In testimony whereof Iatfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLAVIUS CASE V RIGHT.

Witnesses WILLIAM W. TRIGHT, A. R. MoBRooM. 

